Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space is a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer specialising in the space industry. It is the largest satellite manufacturer based in Europe. Thales Alenia Space has been responsible for manufacturing various space-related products. It has produced several ranges of satellites, performing missions such as telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation and space exploration. The company is the second largest industrial participant in the International Space Station, having produced the European Space Agency's modules for the ISS. It is also producing satellites for Galileo, a European global satellite navigation system. Thales Alenia Space is presently jointly owned by the Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo and French defense electronics specialist Thales Group.

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Thales Alenia Space marks major milestone in space station construction

Could This—Finally—Be Humanity's First Permanent Lunar Base? | Under a bilateral NASA agreement, the Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space are collaborating to create the first permanent human habitat on the Moon.

Thales Alenia Space studying reusable spacecraft for in-orbit manufacturing

Thales Alenia Space to provide the first two pressurized modules for Axiom Space Station | Thales Group

Thales Alenia Space to develop pressurized modules for Axiom's private space station